10,941 Quotes About War

أتساءل: ماذا على الصغار أن يفعلوا حين تندلع الحرب؟ وأنامُ وعقلي مفعَمٌ بالسؤال

It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less danger, perhaps, but more fear.

It was as much a battle of wits and words as it was of mitts and swords.

We are now left to choose between danger and regret, neither of which can restore the lives we have lost.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.

Surviving Is the only warWe can afford

The idea for the Guild first came up at a party. Your father and I met there and, well, I suppose that's a story all its own. But we were both frustrated by the media at the time. We set out to tell the truth when everyone else seemed set on choosing sides. We had grand ideas about how far we could reach. … Back then, we knew we should be careful, but we had no idea how dangerous it would turn out to be.

It's a thin line between what we're calling acceptable and not acceptable. As a leader, you're supposed to know when not to cross it. But how do you know? Does the army teach us how to control our emotions? Does the army teach us how to deal with a friend bleeding out in front of you? No.

I don't like this war. I don't like the cold-blooded scheming at the beginning and the carnage at the end and the grumbling and the jealousies and the pettishness in the middle. I hate the lack of gallantry and grace; the self-seeking; the destruction of valuable people and things. I believe in danger and endeavor as a form of tempering but I reject it if this is the only shape it can take.